Sanitary toilet-seat cover



July 9, 1929. J. H. KENNEDY SANITARY TOILET SEAT COVFR Filed May 17, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet INVENTOR. lfllenn Y ATTORNEY.

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Patented July 9, 1929.

UNITED STATES JAMES H, KENNEDY, OF NEW ORLEANS, LOISIANA.

SANITARY TOILET-SEAT COVER.

Application file-:1 May 17, 1928. Serial No. 278,487.

This invention relates to an article of sanitation and pertains particularly to a sanitary toilet seat cover.

rThe primary object of the invention is to provide a seat cover designed primarily for use upon those types of seat which are split at the front portion and upon seats which are formed in sections, one of the novel features of the cover residing in the provision of means whereby the cover can be secured in position.

Another object of the invention is to provide, in a manner as hereinafter set forth, a toilet seat cover of the above described character having means to permit of its enlargement in the direction of its length and of its width.

A still further object of the invention is to provide a seat cover which may be divided in two portions for use upon two part seats, each of said portions having means associated therewith for attaching it to the adjacent or underlying` seat or section.

The invention will be best understood from a conside `ati on of the following detailed description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, with the understanding, however, that the invention is not coniin ed to any strict conformity with the showing of the drawings but may be changed or modified so long as such changesor modifications mark no material departure from the salient features of the invention as expressed in the appended claims.

In the drawings Figure l is a top plan view of the seat cover embodying the present invention;

Fig. .2 is a bottom plan view of the cover;

Fig. 3 shows diagrammatic views repre'- senting a cross section of the cover in original and extended condition;

Fig. 4 shows diagrammatic views of the cover in section through the middle thereof, showing the same open and closed;

Fig. 5 shows in detail a seat member receiving pocket and, diagrammatically, the manner in which the pocket receives a portion of the seat;

Fig. 6 shows a transverse fold in perspective and a diagrammatic view of the same opened out;

Figure 7 shows a longitudinal fold in perspective and a diagrammatic view of the same in open condition;

Figure 8 is a diagrammatic view taken transversely of the seat cover showing the same in position.

Referring now to the drawings in detail wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views the numeral 1 indicates as a Whole, the seat cover embodying the present invention.

This cover is designed to be made of relatively heavy paper or a similar suitable material and is of generally circular design as shown and is provided with a central substantially circular opening 2.

The cover is provided adjacent the inner and outer edges with the circular lines of perforations 3 and el, thus setting up a relatively broad central portion 5 and inner and outer flanges 6 and 7 respectively which, when the central portion 5 is in position upon the surface of the seat, are designed to be folded down to cover the inner and outer edges of the same.

The seat body is provided at one point on its outer edge with the extended portion 8, which portion is provided to overlie the rear of the seatupon which the cover is placed. The line of perforations 3 which is formed about the outer edge of the seat body is extended along the edge of this portion 8 to provide lianges along the sides of the same.

The edge of the opening 2 is provided at diametrically opposite points .with the tabs 9 and 10 which, when the cover is in position, position `at the front and back respectively of the seat. These tabs afford additional protec'tion and increase the sanitary features of vthe device.

In order to adapt the seat cover to seats larger than those to which it could be applied as thus far described, means is provided whereby the overall measurements of the y same maybe increased; To this end the body of the cover is provided at diametrically opposite points with transverse rows of perforations 11 to permit the ready transverse division of the cover.

Over-lying each of the lines of perforations 11 is a folded portion of the material of which the seat is formed, these folds, each of which is indicated generally by the numeral 12, comprisingY a relatively broad central portion 13 having a strip 14 along each edge folded under and secured at its free edge upon one side of the perforation line. It will be thus seen that upon tearing the cover transversely along the lines 11, the sizeof the saine can be increased lengthwise to the extent to which the folded bodies 12 can be opened out.

1n order to permit the Widening of the cover, vfolded bodies 15 and 15, similar to bodies 12, are secured at diametrically opposite points upon and extending lengthwise of the cover at the front and rear resi'iectively of the saine, each of these bodies comprising abroad centralportioii ilGan d longitudinally extending integral side str-ips'17, the edges of which are secured to the boc y of the cover.` Intlie folded'bodies 1Q the edges ofthe strips 1li arerelatively-'close together While in the bodies 15, the edges of the strips l7-are separated asubstaiitial. distance andthe 'body of the cover bei' ith each of these lfolded bodies is provided "i ith tivolines of perforations 1S and 18,"'each line being adjacent the' edge of a strip 1T as shown in Figure 2. As also shown in'ftliis-'iiguie and Figure 1, these lines of perforations extend from the outer edge of the cover inwardly as' far as the circular line of perfor-ations ,thusivhcn the covei is ltorn lengthwise to permit Widening, tabs Qa'nd'ltl willl not become detached, the line ofteai'only opening in the form of a IV.

In order toi perinit'tlieapplication of the covertoseats lwhicha're formed in tivo independent portionsfth'e cover is provided at the front aiidlrear and upon each side of the Vpoint 'of"joinderfbetiveen the vstrips 17 of pockets at the lrear and vtivo `at lthe front aryranged adjacentandupon opposite sides of the bodies l15 and 15a. `These'pockets'QO and 21 consist of sections of 'material of' which the seat is foi-ined and each hasa lengthwise extending Ilfold'ZQ, the edges 'of the pocket which extendiparallel tothe foldibeing" securedtto the bodyof the centi-'al portion 5,'of` the cover.

WVhen the cover is divided'foruse upon the 'two 'part sleatsabove*inentioned, each section "ofthe 'cover has one-ofthe kportions of the seat' extended through the v'pockets 20 and Q1 thereon and is thus securely held in position thereby. It is,'ofcourse,obvious. that one 'Vtlieufrontand one'of ythe'iear pocket-s can be 'employed' to""1n'aintain the cover in posi- 'tion upon aseat of the splittype by simply extending one: of the-horns "thereof through 'v these pockets.

n lVhen the seat cover is'to be used upon those seats'which fai'emadey up offfoin independent sections, `that 'is "seats 'having front and rear openings and transverse side openings, each of the pockets 2O and the pockets 2,1 may be engaged over an end of a section to holdrthe cover in position.

If the seat is of such size that the cover Will not conveniently fit thereon, the covei` may be enlarged by forming a transverse division alongthe lines 11 and longitudinal divisions along the lines 19 at the front and at the rear, thus permitting the four sections of the cover thus Vformed to be spread apart until. the cover hasbeensutliciontlyincreasedin size to lit the seat. lf the sections or folds 12, 15 and 15n are-not completely opened out, they will-be positioned-out of the way in the recesses between' the ends of the seat sections.

The manner in which the pockets 20 andQl may be opened up, or do open up to receive the.,q at sections is clearly shown in Figures 5 and '8,the scat being indicated in these figures by the numerals 23.

From the foregoing description it will readily understood that a seat cover of the character described caribe made telit any size or type of seat and with the fiange portions G and 7 'turneddownwardly 'and the flaps or tabs 9 and 1t) in position complete protection will be'had.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim is Y l. A sanitarytoilet seat'cover for seats of tliesplit type, comprisinga body of deformable material designed to overlie and conform to `thejoutlineof a seat,and pleated pockets carried by the body designed to be opened out to'receive-the endsV of the seat to'maintain the body in positionthere'on. 52. sanitary toilet seat cover, comprising a generally circular centrally opened body normally integral throughout and designed 'to overlie and conform to the out-line of a seat, and means 'whereby tliebody may be broken and the integrity thereof destroyed to form individual butr connected portions 1to permit the body to be increased in size-in the direction of one axis of the seat.

3. 'Asanitary'toilet seat cover for seats of the split type, comprising a body of deformable "material designed to overlie and conform totheA outline of seat, pockets carried bylthe body upon' opposite sid'esof the longitudinal center for receiving the vends of the seatto maintain the body in position thereon, and means for increasing the size of the cover. l. A sanitary seat "cover comprising a centrally opened body'of deformable material formed to conform to the curvature of a seat 4and having perforated tear lines formed transverselythereof, and folded extensible bodies secured to thecover body and overlying vsaid 'tear lines to provide-a connection between the portions of the body formed after `the samehas been' sepa-rated along said lines.

"'5. Asanitary toilet Vseatcover comprising a flat body having a centralop'ening formed therethrough and designed to overlie and lOl) conform to a seat body, said fiat body having a pair of lines of perforations formed at diametrically opposite points and extending from the inner to the outer edges thereof t0 permit of the separation of the body into two portions, and extensible pocket elements carried by each of the two portions and designed to receive a portion of a two part seat.

G. A sanitary toilet seat cover of the character described, comprising a generally circular centrally apertured body having a line olf perforations formed therethrough transversely oi the medial portion, and pleats overlying and secured to the body at opposite sides oi'f the line of perorat-ions designed to maintain the body as a unitary structure of increased size after dividing the body along said lines.

7. A sanitary toilet set cover of the character described, comprising a generally circular body having a central opening formed therethrough, said body having medial transverse and longitudinal lines of perforations designed to permit of its being divided into four sections, and longitudinally and transverse- 1y extending pleats secured to the body, each of said pleats overlying and being secured at opposite sides of a line of perforations and acting after division of the body to maintain the part-s in connected relation.

8. A sanitary toilet seat cover of the charactor described, comprising a generally circular body having a central opening formed therethrough, said body having medial transverse and longitudinal lines of perforations designed to permit of its being divided into four sections, longitudinally and transversely extending pleats secured to the body, each of said pleats overlying and being secured at opposite sides of a line of perfor-ations and acting after division of the body to maintain the parts in connected relation, and a pleated expansible pocket carried by the under face of each of the four potential portions of the body to facilitate securing the same to a divided seat.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

JAMES H. KENNEDY. 

